Augmented reality for trauma care

Specialist grade ultrasound, in anyone’s hands.

Intelliview turns a handful of landmarks on the skin into a personalized 3D map of a patient's internal anatomy, then uses augmented reality to guide a handheld ultrasound probe to the right spot, right at the point of injury, driving better outcomes for patients.

The problem

Every year, people die from internal injuries no one can see.

A soldier wounded on the battlefield. A car crash hundreds of miles from a trauma center. A patient in a remote village without access to a specialist. On the outside, they may appear unharmed. Inside, they could be bleeding to death.

In trauma, every minute matters.

  • The scannerPortable ultrasound fits in your hand and connects to a smartphone.
  • The scienceAn eFAST exam can rapidly identify signs of internal bleeding and other critical injuries.
  • The specialistKnowing where to look, how to position the probe, and how to read subtle shades of gray takes years of training.

The technology

A map of what’s inside, from a few points on the skin.

Our patented technology, developed in conjunction with the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, uses AI trained on hundreds of CT scans to predict the position of 66 internal anatomical structures from just a handful of landmarks on the patient's body.

  1. Patent drawing: a headset wearer marking external landmarks on a patient's body
    01

    Mark a few landmarks

    The user touches a handful of external points on the patient: shoulders, sternum, hips. No CT scanner, no imaging suite.

  2. Patent drawing: a body outline with predicted organ positions drawn inside the torso
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    A personalized 3D map

    AI transforms a generalized anatomical model into a map of this patient, predicting the size and position of 66 structures in the chest and abdomen.

  3. Patent drawing: an ultrasound probe being guided to a target on the torso
    03

    AR guides the probe

    Instead of searching blindly, the medic sees the estimated organ locations overlaid on the patient, the acoustic windows, and how to angle the probe to capture each critical image.

66 anatomical structures predicted from surface landmarks
100s of CT scans used to train the prediction model
U.S. Patent
12,582,481
Predictive internal anatomy visualization
World Changing Ideas Awards 2026 honoree in Health Care and General Excellence, for the APL research behind Intelliview

The foundational research has already shown encouraging results. In early studies, people without medical training used the technology to successfully perform an eFAST scanning protocol.

Three technologies, working together

01

AI maps the anatomy

A personalized 3D map of 66 internal structures, from a handful of surface landmarks.

02

Augmented reality guides the probe

The map is overlaid on the patient, with the acoustic windows and probe angle needed for each image.

03 In development

Telepresence connects the specialist

A radiologist thousands of miles away could see what the medic sees, guide probe positioning, and support urgent treatment decisions in real time.

The prototype

From the research lab to the field, on today's most advanced hardware.

The original research ran on HoloLens. We are rebuilding it as a product, starting with an early prototype on Apple Vision Pro. With just a few anatomical landmarks, it aligns its 3D model to the patient, turning invisible anatomy into intuitive visual guidance. Every image below is captured from the headset.

Headset view: a full-size anatomical patient lying in a room, with green landmark points labeled chin, jugular notch, xiphoid process and hip peaks
Intelliview early prototype · Apple Vision Pro · actual headset capture
Headset view: a stylus marking the left acromion on a virtual patient, with confirmed landmarks shown as green dots

Mark a few points on the body

A stylus or a pinch tags anatomical landmarks such as the acromion, xiphoid process and hip peaks. Each point turns green as it is confirmed.

Headset view: labeled landmarks fitted to the virtual patient while a hand scanner reveals the structures beneath

The anatomy fits itself to the patient

The system scales and aligns its 3D model to the captured landmarks, so what you see lines up with the body in front of you.

Headset view: an open hand dissolving the skin of the anatomical model to reveal organs and vessels in the head and neck

See what's underneath

An open hand works like a scanner, dissolving the surface to reveal the estimated location of what lies beneath.

  • Organs
  • Muscles
  • Bones
  • Blood vessels

Markets

Different environments. The same critical problem.

The patient needs expertise that isn't physically there. We're starting with trauma care.

Military medicine

A medic treating a wounded soldier on the battlefield, or aboard a navy ship thousands of miles from a hospital.

Rural emergency response

A paramedic at a serious car accident in rural America, hours from the nearest trauma center.

Underserved communities worldwide

Health workers in places where there may be one radiologist for hundreds of thousands of people.

From there, the same platform can expand into

  • Obstetrics
  • Procedural guidance
  • Sports medicine
  • Medical education

Team

Clinical depth, and a track record of shipping.

Portrait of Dr. Sendhil Subramanian

Sendhil Subramanian, MD

Chief Executive Officer · Co-founder

Interventional radiologist with more than two decades of reading the scans Intelliview teaches anyone to take.

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Michael Suarez

Chief Technology Officer · Co-founder

Thirty years turning government research into shipping products, across medical devices, government R&D and enterprise software. EE, University of Michigan. Builder of Intelliview's Vision Pro prototype.

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  • The scanner
  • The science
  • The specialist: Intelliview

The intelligence layer for portable medical imaging.

AI-powered anatomical guidance, augmented reality and remote clinical expertise, bringing advanced imaging closer to the point of need to improve patient outcomes. We're looking for clinical, defense and investment partners to take it the rest of the way.

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